This paper assesses the origins of and changes to fertilizer policy in Nepal over a period of time. It assesses farmers’ awareness of the recent changes to the subsidy policy and examines their perceptions of the extension services. This paper looks at the environmental implications of the concentrated application of chemical fertilizer, particularly as far as food security is concerned. Questi...

Lactobacillus rhamnosus PL60 was tested for whether it can produce c9,t11- and t10,c12-conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs) in human. After consumption of L. rhamnosus PL60, L. rhamnosus was detected in feces 1 week after the start of intake. Analysis by gas chromatography showed that concentrations of c9,t11- and t10,c12-CLAs in serum had increased and concentrations of serum leptin had significan...

Gout is a common metabolic disease but spinal gout is rare. We report a case of gouty arthritis affecting the thoracic spine in a 76-year-old male patient with a long history of tophaceous gout who presented with bilateral lower limb weakness. Magnetic resonance imaging of his thoracic spine revealed erosions in the left pedicles of T8 and T10. The initial imaging diagnosis was metastatic disea...

History and Physical Findings The dog had acute pain in the hind quarters and a mild lameness in the right hind leg for 48 h. When examined, there was loss of conscious proprioception, paralysis, and hyperreflexia of both hind legs, with loss of superficial and retention of deep pain. The panniculus reflex was absent at approximately the tenth thoracic vertebra (T10). There was some ataxia pres...

Forces: Exquisite Selectivity during Oxidation of Olefins by Singlet Oxygen Arunkumar Natarajan,† Lakshmi S. Kaanumalle,† Steffen Jockusch,# Corinne L. D. Gibb,‡ Bruce C. Gibb,‡ Nicholas J. Turro,# and V. Ramamurthy*,† Department of Chemistry, UniVersity of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33124, Department of Chemistry, Columbia UniVersity, New York, New York 10027, and Department of Chemistry, Un...

Scaevola aemula R.Br. (fanfl ower), an ornamental plant native to Australia, produces stunted growth when fertilized with high concentrations of P. To determine optimum P concentration, rooted cuttings were transplanted into 15 cm standard pots and grown with a water soluble fertilizer, where P concentrations were 0, 14.5, 29.0, 43.5, 58.0, 72.5, 87.0 mg·L–1 and all plants received 200 mg·L–1 N...

Continual application of mineral fertilizer and manures to meet crop production goals has resulted in the buildup of soil P concentrations in many areas. A rainfall simulation study was conducted to evaluate the effect of the application of P sources differing in water-soluble P (WSP) concentration on P transport in runoff from two grassed and one no-till soil (2 m(2) plots). Triple superphosph...

15N-labeled fertilizer was applied to Sorghum at different rates (0, 100 kg N.ha -1 ) to 1m2 microplots and with two kind of water (well water “WW” and treated wastewater “TWW”) to Sorghum grown in field during 1997 and 1999. Increases in DM production, N uptake and 15 NRF were observed with TWW. About 17% and 36% of the 15Nfertilizer were recovered in the crop with TWW in 1997 and 1999, respec...